conspicuous consumption

英 [kənˌspɪkjuəs kənˈsʌmpʃn]

美 [kənˌspɪkjuəs kənˈsʌmpʃn]

n.  夸耀性消费; 炫耀性购买

牛津词典

noun

• 夸耀性消费；炫耀性购买
  the buying of expensive goods in order to impress people and show them how rich you are

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 炫耀性消费
  Conspicuous consumptionmeans spending your money in such a way that other people can see how wealthy you are.
  1. It was an age of conspicuous consumption — those who had money liked to display it.
     那是一个炫耀性消费的年代——有钱人都喜欢炫富。

英英释义

noun

• buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth

双语例句

• We must avoid overindulgence and conspicuous consumption.
  我们必须避免过分放纵和铺张浪费。
• In this paper, the author first presented a brief introduction to Veblen's thoughts on conspicuous consumption.
  本文中，笔者对凡勃伦的炫耀性消费思想作了简略的探讨；
• Giving money to charity is thus more akin to conspicuous consumption than it is to blatant benevolence.
  这样，向慈善机构捐款就更类似于一种挥霍而不是炫耀自己的善行。
• Since then, conspicuous consumption appears to have increased.
  在那之后，（富人）的大肆挥霍日益明显。
• An Empirical Study of the Effects of Vanity and Money Attitudes on College Students 'Propensity to Conspicuous Consumption
  虚荣特性、金钱态度对大学生炫耀性消费倾向影响的实证研究
• The power of photography as a world language will enrich the lives of the Chinese middle class, which increasingly looks to foreign travel and museum visits as more viable options than conspicuous consumption.
  作为一种世界语言，摄影的力量将会充实中国中产阶级的生活，他们渐渐觉得，出国旅游和参观博物馆是比炫耀性消费更可取的选择。
• Exploratory study on Chinese only-child generation's motives of conspicuous consumption
  中国独生代消费者炫耀性消费动机的实证分析
• MS Davies highlighted the growth of conspicuous consumption in China.
  戴维斯强调了中国炫富消费的增长。
• It will be nowhere near the conspicuous consumption the West is enjoying now but it will be comfortable and sustainable.
  它不可能类似于西方现在所享受的挥霍性消费，它是舒适的、并且是可持续的。
• Migrant workers go door to door like rag men, buying up the cast-offs of Shanghai's conspicuous consumption, designer water bottles and flat screen television boxes which would otherwise clog up the city's landfills.
  民工们像废品回收商一样，逐门逐户地收购上海炫耀性消费的废弃物、高级矿泉水的瓶子和平板电视的包装箱&如果没有他们，这些废弃物将堆满上海的垃圾填埋场。